Train derails in southern China

11/16/2010

A train coach derailed in China’s southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday morning. China’s state news agency, Xinhua, reported that the fifth coach of a passenger train travelling from Beijing to Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, came off the tracks as it arrived at Liuzhou South Station at about 3am. The train was carrying 868 people, but fortunately no casualties were reported.